Geez, I fell asleep and missed everyone.
Note he doesn't say "having a nightmare"....If you stood outside my window in a clown outfit I'd think I already was dreaming.
I had a similar problem. I just rearranged some paragraphs and I think I fixed it.LOL...I just like girl clowns, I guess. I have a weird bucket list, okay?
I made headway on the Barker story only to realize my narrative is too linear and I'm going to have to change it all around. But that's okay, because I'm making it better.